Trivia: Stations that have other lines going to different places passing through them or next to them that do not have any platforms.

[172007]

Birmingham Moor Street. Has the New Street Stour and Derby lines going directly underneath. That gives quite a few destinations.

Future wise Moor Street will arguably be butting up to Curzon Street station too.

 

[Strathclyder]

Craigendoran. West Highland line platforms no longer exist (1980s?)

The West Highland line platforms at Craigendoran (an island structure) haven't existed since since at least the late 60s/early 70s (that part of the station closed in June 1964; the last service to call at them regularly was the Craigendoran - Arrochar shuttle IIRC). There's certainly no evidence of them in this June 1968 view (from eastbank.org.uk), though that may have more to do with the train obscuring them from view here.



Sticking with Craigendoran, the remains of the former westbound platform on the North Clyde Line (closed when the line through the station was singled in the early 80s) can still be clearly seen under all the shrubbery (linked image copyright of Flickr's Kite).

Craigendoran Station

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[Efini92]

Ravensthorpe is adjacent to the junction where the lines to Leeds or Wakefield separate, but has no platforms on the Wakefield lines.

Salford Central does not have platforms on the lines towards the Chat Moss route.

I believe that Thorne North / Thorne South are adjacent to the junction of both lines, but only serve the northern (Hull) and southern (Scunthorpe) lines respectively. Tyndrum Upper /Lower are similar in this respect

Technically the chat moss lines now run through platforms at Salford central, however they are disused.

 

[A S Leib]

Also Bushey.

And I think the WCML has platforms at Euston.

 

[vlad]

No-one's mentioned Ardwick yet!

 

[A0]

Avenue Road and Beckenham Road have Tramlink platforms and a NR line running alongside.

 

[Magdalia]

Similarly, there are a few suburban stations between Kings Cross-Stevenage that only have platforms on the slow lines.

Not just south of Stevenage.

Hitchin, Arlesey, Sandy, Huntingdon, Retford and Doncaster all have platforms only on the slow lines.

Peterborough used to have platforms only on the slow lines, but now has a platform on the up fast. Similarly, Bedford Midland used to have platforms only on the slow lines, but now has a platform on the down fast.

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

Ruislip Gardens on the Central Line has the Chiltern Line next to it. Northolt, a couple of stations east has a freight line running alongside

 

[xotGD]

Knottingley - no platforms on the line to Doncaster

Skipton - no platforms on the line to Rylstone (what was the line to Ilkley) any more.

Acton Mainline - no platforms on the line up the bank towards Kensington Olympia

Saltburn - no platforms on line to Boulby

 

[DanNCL]

Probably pushing it a bit, Chillingham Road only has platforms on the Metro lines, no platforms on the immediately adjacent departure sidings at Heaton!

 

[MadMac]

Cathcart, Newton Line misses the platform.

I think we had this topic relatively recently, and Newton itself was a candidate with no platforms on the main lines.

 

[High Dyke]

Shadwell formerly had platforms on the LT&S line from Fenchurch Street.

Shadwell & St. George's East railway station - Wikipedia

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A number of other stations on the route towards Upminster also had platforms that had services, but most are now only served by London Underground.

 

[357 LTSRail]

I am looking for some examples of stations which have other lines going to other places that pass through them but do not have any platforms.

Note that stations with tracks through the middle that do not have platforms (eg Eastleigh or Newington or Paddock Wood or Redhill or Tonbridge etc) or stations with avoiding lines (eg Didcot Parkway etc) do not count as these are still the same lines going to and from the same places so i am not including such stations.

I can think of all of the following ones so far:

• Barassie - No platforms on the Scotrail line from Troon to Kilmarnock.

• Bethnal Green - No platforms on the mainline from London Liverpool Street to Stratford.

• Brixton - No platforms on the four track Overground and Southeastern mainline.

• Brockley - No platforms on the Southeastern line from Lewisham to Nunhead.

• Caldicot - No platforms on the mainline from Severn Tunnel Junction to Pilning.

• Dagenham Dock - No platforms on the HS1 high speed mainline.

• Dore & Totley - No platforms on the mainline from Dronfield to Sheffield.

• Loughborough Junction - No platforms on the four track Overground and Southeastern mainline or on the east curve line or on the west curve line.

• Rainham - No platforms on the HS1 high speed mainline.

• Shadwell - No platforms on the C2C line from London Fenchurch Street to Limehouse.

• South Hampstead - No platforms on the Chiltern line from London Marylebone to Buckinghamshire.

• West St Leonards - No platforms on the Southern line from Eastbourne to Hastings.

I would be interested to hear if anyone knows of any other stations like the above examples.

All district line stations parallel to the LTS bar Barking, West Ham and Upminster and Battersea Park station spring to mind if they haven’t already been mentioned.

 

[D6975]

And I think the WCML has platforms at Euston.

and at Queens Park too, I caught a train from there a few years ago during engineering works.

 

[S&CLER]

Old Roan has platforms on the LMS lines, but there were never any on the parallel Southport extension of the CLC, only yards away; this used to baffle me as a small boy.

 

[D365]

Not just south of Stevenage.

Hitchin, Arlesey, Sandy, Huntingdon, Retford and Doncaster all have platforms only on the slow lines.

Peterborough used to have platforms only on the slow lines, but now has a platform on the up fast. Similarly, Bedford Midland used to have platforms only on the slow lines, but now has a platform on the down fast.

The ECML stations that you list are excluded by the requirements set out in the original post.

Similarly, I don’t think the Watford DC would be considered.

 

[341o2]

Suggest Bedford St Johns
Or the two stations at St Budeux
Polsloe Bridge on the Exmouth branch pretty close to the Salisbury - Exeter line
If closed lines permitted, between Tavistock and Lydford, the SR and GWR ran alongside, the GWR station was at Mary Tavy, while the SR was at Brentor

 

[LRV3004]

Apologies if already mentioned, but Hyde North springs to mind for me! The lines with platforms serve trains to/from Manchester Piccadilly and Romiley, with the Hadfield lines passing the back of the station which have no platforms, although Flowery Field station is not too far along the Hadfield lines afterward.

 

[341o2]

Welsh Highland Heritage railway runs alongside the TfW line and ends near the Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog - Caernarfon
Tywyn Warf station
Kerr's miniature railway, although described as closed indefinitely from October 2020, alongside the Aberdeen - Dundee mainline

 

[D6130]

Brunstane and Newcraighall....both have a single platform serving the Borders Line, but nothing on the parallel freight lines (which can be used for passenger specials or diversions when required).

 

[Western Gaffer]

Kerr's miniature railway, although described as closed indefinitely from October 2020, alongside the Aberdeen - Inverness mainline

It was/is in Arbroath, between Aberdeen and Dundee....

 

[Kingston Dan]

Earlsfield, Raynes Park, New Malden, Berrylands, Esher etc have no fast line platforms in use.

 

[thenorthern]

Todmorden I always found odd as before the Todmorden curve opened it had a line running through it but no station.

Patchway is the opposite I suppose as it is just after the junction but no trains to/from Bristol Parkway stop there.

 

[zwk500]

Earlsfield, Raynes Park, New Malden, Berrylands, Esher etc have no fast line platforms in use.

The OP did say that these aren't what was being asked for:

Note that stations with tracks through the middle that do not have platforms (eg Eastleigh or Newington or Paddock Wood or Redhill or Tonbridge etc) or stations with avoiding lines (eg Didcot Parkway etc) do not count as these are still the same lines going to and from the same places so i am not including such stations.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Todmorden I always found odd as before the Todmorden curve opened it had a line running through it but no station.

Been a station at Todmorden (on the Calder Valley line between Manchester Victoria and Leeds) since 1841. Not sure if I follow the point you're endeavouring to make. Happy to be enlightened.

 

[Kite159]

Would Yeoford on the Barnstaple line count?

Has the track for the Okehampton line (and a disused platform) passing through the station

 

[Efini92]

Been a station at Todmorden (on the Calder Valley line between Manchester Victoria and Leeds) since 1841. Not sure if I follow the point you're endeavouring to make. Happy to be enlightened.

Perhaps they mean the east lancs lines

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Perhaps they mean the east lancs lines

Perhaps. But the line which runs directly from Hebden Bridge to Burnley (Manchester Road) doesn't pass through or next to, or indeed all that near to Accrington Todmorden station. Still not quite following @thenorthern's point.

 

[D6130]

Perhaps. But the line which runs directly from Hebden Bridge to Burnley (Manchester Road) doesn't pass through or next to, or indeed all that near to Accrington station. Still not quite following @thenorthern's point.

If we're talking about Todmorden station - rather than Accrington - the East Lancs line from Hall Royd Junction to Stansfield Hall Junction and onwards via Copy Pit to Gannow Junction passes within half-a-mile of Todmorden station....but not through it.

 

[Efini92]

Perhaps. But the line which runs directly from Hebden Bridge to Burnley (Manchester Road) doesn't pass through or next to, or indeed all that near to Accrington station. Still not quite following @thenorthern's point.

I’m guessing you mean todmorden not Accrington. The east lancs lines do pass through Accrington.
Was clutching at straws with the suggestion, I am interested to see what they meant.